Scratching below the surface… excavating the Phoenician shipwreck off Gozo

After over ten
years of exploring the surface of the Phoenician Shipwreck of Xlendi Bay, a
team led by the University of Malta has planned and executed the world’s first
archaeological excavation by divers at a depth of 110 meters. This talk covers
aspects related to the logistical preparations prior to the diving, new
methodologies used for scientific work at this depth as well as results that have emanated from the past
two seasons of investigations.

Professor
Timmy Gambin, Senior
Lecturer in Maritime Archaeology in the Department of Classics and Archaeology,
University of Malta, will be
giving a lecture entitled Scratching
below the surface…excavating the Phoenician shipwreck off Gozoon Wednesday 20 February 2019. The
presentation is part of the lecture
programme of The Archaeological
Society Malta and will be held at 6 pm at the National Museum of Archaeology, Republic Street, Valletta.